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The Poetry of Physics — Quiz

Question 8 • English III

Which excerpt from “Man Listening to Disc” best supports the idea that when the speaker listens to music he is the center of his own world?

Answer
A
my delight at being suffused with phrases from his saxophone— some like honey, some like vinegar— is surpassed only by my gratitude
B
to the woman in the white sweater, the man in the tan raincoat and the heavy glasses, who mistake themselves for the center of the universe— all I can say is watch your step
C
because the five of us, instruments and all, are about to angle over to the south side of the street and then, in our own tightly knit way,
D
the only true point of view, is full of the hope that he, the hub of the cosmos with his hair blown sideways,
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